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Advisory Published

ZDI-20-697: Microsoft Windows Media Player mpg2splt Integer Underflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Microsoft Windows Media Player. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the mpg2splt.ax module. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an integer underflow before reading from memory. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Microsoft Windows Media Player

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